February 1, 2010 - 12:09 PM
Comedy ReviewsQuestion: do you have to have a case of Olympic fever to enjoy the Cultural Olympiad? I don’t. And I did. I just have never understood the thrill of curling, luge, bobsled, biathlon or—gasp!—hockey. But music and jokes? I’m there.
January 11, 2010 - 11:44 AM
Comedy ReviewsIt’s hard to reconcile the 59-year-old comic Everyman with the Young Turk who used to wow audiences as a monthly guest on the old
Late Night With David Letterman show on NBC.
November 24, 2009 - 3:31 PM
Comedy ReviewsRather than a long-form improvisation where the cast gets all its information upfront from the conversation with the guest,
The Life Game is presented as a series of vignettes.
November 19, 2009 - 05:45 AM
Comedy ReviewsJust for Laughs has been producing comedy galas for 25 years, creating slick shows that always give the audience what it wants. This year’s Comedy Tour was no exception.
October 19, 2009 - 2:11 PM
Comedy ReviewsWatching Louis C.K. in action, I feel like Alvy Singer professing his “lurve” to Annie Hall.
Funny is too weak a word for describing C.K.’s standup comedy.
September 28, 2009 - 4:21 PM
Comedy ReviewsTrying to squeeze 46 shows into five days is no easy feat. That’s exactly what the Global Comedy Fest did between September 23 and 27.
September 28, 2009 - 4:07 PM
Comedy ReviewsWatching two comedic masters sit and answer questions in a large theatre doesn’t sound like a whole lot of fun. But both Steve Martin and David Cross proved that they can get laughs in any situation.
August 17, 2009 - 12:22 PM
Comedy ReviewsComedy performances at the Lamplighter on August 13 and Media Club on August 15 made for an impressive finish to the comedy portion of this maiden festival.
June 17, 2009 - 08:26 AM
Comedy ReviewsIt’s easy—and fun—to dump on the übersuccessful, but comedian Russell Peters is a solid performer who appeals to every ethnicity, and just about every culture seemed represented at June 16’s show at GM Place.
June 5, 2009 - 12:23 PM
Comedy ReviewsAfter Dane Cook’s gig at GM Place on Thursday night, it now seems possible to enjoy standup in a stadium. That didn’t happen on this night, but it’s still possible.
May 11, 2009 - 2:13 PM
Comedy ReviewsLewis Black knows expectations ruin everything. How often in life do things live up to their hype?
April 20, 2009 - 12:20 PM
Comedy ReviewsDespite looking like slightly hipper versions of the aging folk singers they parody in
A Mighty Wind, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, of
Spinal Tap fame, kept the crowd with them through two hours and two encores.
April 6, 2009 - 2:16 PM
Comedy ReviewsTracy Morgan is a funny guy and a big star, but he had his ass handed to him by a local boy on Friday.
April 2, 2009 - 05:30 AM
Comedy ReviewsSerge Boucher’s dark comedy
Life Savers is all about how we deal—or don’t deal—with tragedy.
March 23, 2009 - 5:05 PM
Comedy ReviewsVancouver TheatreSports League’s ads say
Impro-vivor is back “by popular demand”. Judging from Friday night’s performance, that’s no marketing hyperbole.
February 16, 2009 - 3:20 PM
Comedy ReviewsI first came across Chelsea Handler on Oxygen Network’s hidden-camera show Girls Behaving Badly.
December 9, 2008 - 11:38 AM
Comedy ReviewsArguably the most manic comedian in the business, Robin Williams's standup act proves he's an entertainer first and an original comedic voice second.
December 6, 2008 - 12:44 PM
Comedy ReviewsFrom the moment Tommy Chong’s wife Shelby took the stage for a (thankfully) brief standup set, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre was up in smoke.
November 17, 2008 - 12:08 PM
Comedy ReviewsIf there was ever any doubt Vancouver could support comedy, the massive turnouts at three high-profile shows last weekend prove we have a gluttonous appetite for the art form.
November 13, 2008 - 06:10 AM
Comedy ReviewsSome comics work years to develop a solid hour of material, then hold on for dear life. Not Louis CK.
October 20, 2008 - 2:01 PM
Comedy ReviewsSpending two and a half hours with Henry Rollins isn’t a whole lot different from being cornered at a party by a motor-mouthed liberal arts student, albeit one with a side interest in Nietzsche and weight training.
October 16, 2008 - 06:00 AM
Comedy ReviewsOn paper, it's a brilliant idea: suggestions are computer-generated, aided in part by the audience and projected onto two big screens on either side of the stage. But...
September 22, 2008 - 1:40 PM
Comedy ReviewsNonsensical songs in rap or jazz; crazy gibberish, followed by German and Spanish; and a serious musician with a voice like a possessed angel. The Andy Kaufman Award winner is truly a force of nature.
August 25, 2008 - 1:47 PM
Comedy ReviewsFour months after his last appearance in the Lower Mainland, Chris Rock laid to rest any notion he’s past his comedic best-before date.
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